Data for 2021

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2021

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2021
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This is the share of a country’s electricity generation that came from hydropower. It is the reason countries such as Norway, Paraguay and Nepal run on clean power without a wind or solar boom.

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2021 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 47 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 12.62. Against 2020, 119 values changed (55 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2021

Highest3 countries share it

100.00

Lowest47 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

173countries
3measures per country
2021the year it describes
124distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2021: every country, as published by Ember.

Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.00	100.000	10.82
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.00	100.000	0.15
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	100.000	0.53
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.55	100.000	8.94
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.34	100.000	40.84
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	98.96	100.000	9.63
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	92.53	100.000	14.19
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	92.35	95.628	1.83
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	91.63	99.319	157.13
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	90.69	91.986	17.72
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	90.06	90.058	20.72
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	90.00	95.000	0.20
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	88.05	97.533	5.27
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	85.60	85.601	15.14
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	84.31	84.314	0.51
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.03	82.980	18.86
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	80.54	81.171	12.64
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	80.19	87.736	1.06
Ecuador`ECU`South America	79.61	81.196	32.12
Venezuela`VEN`South America	79.20	79.235	82.93
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.02	75.430	16.85
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	73.27	73.541	44.90
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	72.98	100.000	12.73
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	72.53	73.077	3.64
Colombia`COL`South America	71.95	75.071	84.36
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.04	100.000	19.39
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	69.20	70.712	8.57
Panama`PAN`Central America	68.87	78.365	12.11
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	66.67	69.231	0.39
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	64.24	97.351	1.51
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.82	63.324	25.63
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	62.19	62.901	8.41
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	61.86	62.655	17.70
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.12	79.121	66.67
Peru`PER`South America	55.96	61.572	56.99
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	55.09	81.722	43.55
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	55.00	59.000	1.00
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	53.32	61.804	3.77
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	51.91	58.702	9.71
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	51.89	62.264	1.06
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	50.98	96.078	0.51
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	47.60	49.349	19.98
Suriname`SUR`South America	47.37	48.325	2.09
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	47.19	69.689	15.11
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	46.33	63.590	5.85
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.28	46.622	2.96
Belize`BLZ`Central America	44.44	86.111	0.36
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.05	73.497	15.47
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	43.01	67.383	171.78
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	35.72	36.879	8.65
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	34.21	34.211	0.38
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.10	34.783	22.08
Honduras`HND`Central America	33.90	61.421	11.12
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	33.76	39.086	3.94
Uruguay`URY`South America	32.96	84.615	15.99
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32.87	32.867	1.43
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	30.44	33.202	2.53
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	30.21	34.894	15.59
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.93	33.502	37.46
Bolivia`BOL`South America	29.81	38.454	10.87
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	29.73	44.980	58.56
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	29.65	89.822	12.38
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	29.41	47.059	0.17
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	28.50	32.254	7.72
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	26.22	29.837	5.53
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	25.67	86.037	7.09
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	25.58	39.535	0.43
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	25.55	26.277	4.11
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.20	64.080	49.22
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.00	23.877	11.35
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	22.34	29.281	148.32
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	22.30	24.724	4.53
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21.90	52.947	72.11
Chile`CHL`South America	21.52	48.888	88.10
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	21.21	28.788	0.66
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	20.26	20.663	39.20
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.93	35.400	327.88
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.90	40.747	285.49
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.31	28.090	8,495.85
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.78	22.337	2.91
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.34	22.795	29.70
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.29	14.286	0.14
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	14.29	14.286	0.14
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14.25	69.121	4.21
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.29	28.481	1.58
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	12.68	22.535	0.71
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.62	12.621	1.03
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12.50	25.000	0.08
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.94	46.445	270.75
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.88	40.800	54.24
France`FRA`Western Europe	10.82	22.187	550.31
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.21	21.834	47.22
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.09	9.091	0.11
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	8.94	80.488	1.23
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	8.84	60.930	4.30
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8.69	22.135	105.76
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.60	18.129	1.71
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7.00	17.779	21.43
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6.96	7.027	71.44
United States`USA`Northern America	5.93	20.743	4,153.62
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.90	9.284	10.34
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4.81	6.607	6.66
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.66	20.270	6.66
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	4.61	5.470	27.79
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.68	21.405	2.99
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.46	3.869	21.71
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.22	13.333	4.35
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.88	12.718	83.66
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.78	3.096	120.46
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.36	37.051	31.74
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.31	17.093	178.79
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.08	11.156	7.44
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.90	3.079	41.25
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.76	1.411	95.65
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.67	4.431	17.83
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.58	19.141	36.10
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.42	22.887	99.40
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.28	39.917	7.19
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.26	4.649	19.36
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.14	3.105	21.90
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.09	22.987	21.36
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.07	33.452	120.89
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.06	79.283	32.92
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.04	0.035	28.40
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.03	7.852	74.12
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.01	0.946	85.60
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	0.17
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	5.714	0.35
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	17.000	1.00
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.490	2.04
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	0.118	33.91
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	7.547	1.06
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	1.770	1.13
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.402	2.49
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.17
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	5.70
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	18.605	0.43
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	2.857	0.70
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	4.651	0.43
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.13
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	50.000	0.04
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	15.234	5.12
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	35.000	0.20
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	11.905	0.42
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.50
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.23
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	4.598	1.74
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	3.509	1.14
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.718	36.22
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	25.000	0.04
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	0.260	80.80
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	0.029	34.79
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	42.000	0.50
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	5.952	0.84
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	12.162	2.22
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	0.04
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	2.817	0.71
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	1.707	41.00
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	24.176	0.91
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	0.290	51.79
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	4.545	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	2.500	0.40
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	13.333	0.60
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	0.10
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	10.526	0.38
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	1.754	0.57
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	14.286	0.07
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	0.108	9.27
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.26
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	3.030	0.66
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	17.123	2.92

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Bhutanshared100.00
Central African Republicshared100.00
Lesothoshared100.00
Albania99.55
Paraguay99.34

Lowest

Yemenshared0.00
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00
Tongashared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.62. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest9 share it
Lowest11 share it
Middle country: 28.481
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina8,495.85
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 7.44

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

+0 / −0countries joined / left
119values changed, of 173 in both
55 · 64rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Guinea60.08 → 72.53+12.45
Zimbabwe56.78 → 69.20+12.41
Montenegro42.77 → 53.32+10.54
North Korea53.11 → 62.82+9.70
Colombia62.30 → 71.95+9.65

Fell most

Namibia75.00 → 64.24−10.76
Belize54.55 → 44.44−10.10
Türkiye25.78 → 16.93−8.85
Madagascar37.96 → 30.44−7.53
DR Congo99.68 → 92.53−7.15

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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124 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 47 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2021). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2021

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